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Submitted by jadelay on Fri, 01/29/2010 - 18:09.
The Academy for Sport Leadership has started to publish our findings from a small, but important survey we conducted last year at this time. In January, 2009, we sent out an electronic appeal to Michigan high school athletic directors, asking them to urge their school coaches to participate in a survey entitled: Michigan Coaching Paths. A total of 277 coaches, 99 women and 178 men completed the survey.
One question we asked focused on how high school coaches learn about a coaching job. The majority reported that they got it via word of mouth.
So, here are some questions:
1. If high school coaches learn about their jobs...and then get them based on word of mouth, isn't that anti-competitive? Or at least noncompetitive?
2. And if getting a coaching job is primarily based on word of mouth, what does that actually mean? Whose word? And from whose mouth? ADs? Other coaches? Friends? Parents?
3. If word of mouth is the primary way coaches learn about and then get a coaching job, does that mean we are getting the best and most high quality coaches for our athletes?
Let us know what you think. In addition, you might want to learn more about the Michigan Coaching Paths Survey.
